A hybrid?

[OntarioHunter]

Shot this honker yesterday. Very odd feather pattern on underside of wings. I have never seen that kind of white freckling before. And only on underside of wings. I'm wondering if it might be a hybrid?

 

[Sask hunter]

Usually those ones are “quill” candadas. Lots of them they have white that goes under their wings and across their chest

With this one uou can see white down his neck, wings tips and large white patch. That one has a much bigger “white patch” on his chest then usual. Usually it’s a small strip

 

[OntarioHunter]

This is apparently a recessive gene that has been observed in all flyaways. It's more common in the Quill Lake Refuge area because the gene has reoccured with greater frequency there due to a localized gene pool. In all my years of hunting and having shot well over a thousand honkers I'm sure, this is the first time I've seen it. Thanks for clearing it up. Incidentally, back in 1986 I did see a Canada-domestic goose hybrid when I was teaching school near Billings. Several of us were trying to get that bird. It was a weird looking thing and half again bigger than the "normal" honkers it was hanging with. One morning when I headed out the door to school it was in the flock in the hay field right in front of my house. Made a helluva strange noise too.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Second the quill lake gene. Have shot a handful of them over the years. Very unique birds. Have had them with completely white wings, pink feet, pink beaks, even a couple that were 85 percent white. Their trademark is the full white belly or a white band across the belly.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Must be a piebald kinda thing if also producing pink skin/beaks.

 

[glass eye]

Same